Advances in Human Factors in Sports, Injury Prevention and Outdoor Recreation

1. Effect of Rater Expertise on Subjective Agility Assessment
Chika Eke, Leia Stirling

2. Analysis of Pitching Skills of Major League Baseball Players
Michiko Miyamoto, Akihiro Ito

3. Methodology for the Assessment of Clothing and Individual Equipment (CIE)
Leif Hasselquist, Marianna Eddy, K. Blake Mitchell, Clifford L. Hancock, Jay McNamara, Christina Caruso

4. Dynamic Model of Athletes’ Emotions Based on Wearable Devices
Damien Dupré, Ben Bland, Andrew Bolster, Gawain Morrison, Gary McKeown

5. Design of a Secure Biofeedback Digital System (BFS) Using a 33-Step Training Table for Cardio Equipment
Xiaokun Yang, Nansong Wu

6. Blast Performance of Demining Footwear: Numerical and Experimental Trials on Frangible Leg Model and Injury Modeling
Mehmet Karahan, Nevin Karahan

7. The Effects of Cupping Therapy on Reducing Fatigue of Upper Extremity Muscles—A Pilot Study
Chien-Liang Chen, Chi-Wen Lung, Yih-Kuen Jan, Ben-Yi Liau, Jing-Shia Tang

8. Risk of Injuries Caused by Fall of People Differing in Age, Sex, Health and Motor Experience
Roman Maciej Kalina, Dariusz Mosler

9. Development of a Depth Camera-Based Instructional Tool for Resistive Exercise During Spaceflight
Linh Vu, Han Kim, Elizabeth Benson, William Amonette, Andrea Hanson, Jeevan Perera, Sudhakar Rajulu

10. The Effect of Awareness of Physical Activity on the Characteristics of Motor Ability Among Five-Year-Old Children
Akari Kamimura, Yujiro Kawata, Shino Izutsu, Masataka Hirosawa

11. Effect of Relative Age on Physical Size and Motor Ability Among Japanese Elementary Schoolchildren
Yujiro Kawata, Akari Kamimura, Shino Izutsu, Masataka Hirosawa

12. Non-apparatus, Quasi-apparatus and Simulations Tests in Diagnosis Positive Health and Survival Abilities
Roman Maciej Kalina, Władysław Jagiełło

13. Combined Effects of Lower Limb Muscle Fatigue and Decision Making to the Knee Joint During Cutting Maneuvers Based on Two Different Position-Sense-Acuity Groups
Xingda Qu, Xingyu Chen

14. Activation Sequence Patterns of Forearm Muscles for Driving a Power Wheelchair
Chi-Wen Lung, Chien-Liang Chen, Yih-Kuen Jan, Li-Feng Chao, Wen-Feng Chen, Ben-Yi Liau

15. Direct and Indirect Effect of Hardiness on Mental Health Among Japanese University Athletes
Shinji Yamaguchi, Yujiro Kawata, Nobuto Shibata, Masataka Hirosawa

16. A Real-Time Feedback Navigation System Design for Visually Impaired Swimmers
Ze En Chien, Chien-Hsu Chen, Fong-Gong Wu, Nien-Pu Lin, Tong Hsieh, Tzu Hsuan Hong

Avainsanat: Engineering, Quality Control, Reliability, Safety and Risk, Sport Psychology, Biomedical Engineering, Computational Intelligence, User Interfaces and Human Computer Interaction, Sociology of Sport and Leisure